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While I understand that weathering paint opps can be expensive, they have done them effectively, and cheaply, in the past. For instance, on the gunship there are no clean, hard lines. Each edge has cuts and dings in it to show some wear and tear. I'd be happy of they at least did that.

So the text just basically says that it has lights and sounds, and goes from being a space ship to a battlestation, which was what we'd heard. And I guess that's the battlestation, which looks kind of odd. Reminds me of Starcom toys kind of and how some of them unfolded to like a battle platform deal.

Gives a September 2011 date too... I thought maybe they'd try to get this out on shelves earlier, but I suppose the shelf-space will be tight.

I wonder if this is "it" for big stuff? Or maybe we'll finally see that Vintage boxed BM Falcon... I'm having a premonition, haha.

The ship really could benefit from some weathering, and the "playset" mode seems to have more of a Transformers feel to it than an actual playset.

One one hand, I think it's great that they are giving us another bigger vehicle, and also trying to explore doing that to make some sort of playset... that's really good news in a way. I know my kid would love this feature.

On the other hand, I just don't see this as the future of playsets, but that's coming from someone who wants to see diorama-esque scenes that look similar to what we see on film. Sadly Hasbro has not gone down that road.

I think this ship will do okay at retail, depending on the price. It had better not be more than $75.00 or I think it's doomed... I actually think $60.00 would be a better pricepoint but I don't know if I see that happening... and a September release? I guess that's not too big of a surprise.

OK, so here I was rather excited to see that we would be getting a large version of the attack shuttle - its big, looks cool, could transport a platoon of clones, have lots of detail and features while conceivably keeping it real. However, after seeing that catalogue picture, I'm now pretty much turned off by the whole playset-transformation thing and the vehicle itself. Its really too cheesy for me and something many of the other large vehicles made to date didn't quite stoop to. Granted some large vehicles are practically playsets in their own right - think the BMF or the AT-AT - but they remain within the context of the vehicle they are supposed to be and don't transform into something completely out of context.

I guess this is just the realist in me coming out - I do primarily collect realistic military models and prefer the Star Wars items that more-or-less follow suit (and Hasbro has delivered many of those as of late).

Nevertheless, I have to say that when all folded up, the Attack Shuttle still does look pretty cool

I think the "playset" is really just their attempt at making it, like you said Tman, more like the BMF or AT-AT's playset type feel. It doesn't have the same base to work with those vehicles have, and so I think this is just their effort to try that. Maybe I'm wrong.